Opposition to fight ‘stolen’ poll result – Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR – Anwar Ibrahim said Monday his Malaysian opposition planned to contest the results of a bitter weekend election battle and that the 56-year-old ruling bloc had “lost its legitimacy.”

“I today maintain we won the elections. The Election Commission is complicit in the crime of stealing the election from Malaysians,” Anwar told AFP in an interview.

Malaysia opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim left and his wife, Wan Azizah, speak during a press conference at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur , Monday, May 6, 2013. Anwar said the polls were tainted by fraud and refused to concede. AP PHOTO/VINCENT THIAN

“The government has lost its legitimacy.”